RT Session 17 was taken by a PTI who has taken us to Gym twice before. People were overjoyed to see him taking us again. Because going to gym means people get to enjoy the cooling air-con and slack around. But he made his stand very clear - Not to take us there anymore. Nevertheless, he gave us break longer than usual. Alan also made several jokes.
RT Session 18 was conducted in the worst weather. The sun was freaking scorching hot and we were made to run 2.4km! But that's the total distance we were required to run. Thr run was broken down into 4 rounds. In 1 & 2 rounds, we only ran 1 round and did 4 pull-ups. In 3 & 4 rounds, we needed to run 2 rounds and did 4 pull-ups. After each round, we were given 10 mins break. The weather was freaking hot during that training, so many people did not give their best performance, or rather our performances were brought down by the sun. Anyways, after the run, we were brought to the gym for cooling!
RT Last Training Session was rather ok. The weather was fine, and Hui Yong skipped for the third time to study for his exams. We just had small workouts to stretch out the muscles needed for the 5 stations. Alan and I got ourselves closer to the gang of people surronding the "Famous Running Uncle". And they all said that I would surely pass the Final Re-test. But I'm still lack the confident of passing pull-up...
Will I see them again Next Year?
Monday, August 2, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
RT Session 16
It was a wet Monday evening when I reached Bedok Camp as usual. It drizzled the whole morning and the afternoon on that day, so it is so-called not a very good day to exercise as almost everyone was cooled down and relaxed by the cool nice weather. But most of us still turned up. This time, Hui Yong decided to skip RT once more. But his friend turned up, so is the 2 of us that session. And finally, I got to ask his name - Alan.
After the usual warm-up, the first exercise was 20 min Endurance Run. I ran slowly initially and picked up as I gained momentum. As I picked up more speed, I spotted "The Famous Running Uncle" (An uncle in his 40s in our batch who enjoys running fast) was running at his usual fast pace. Not wanting him to catch up on me, I kept running faster than usual during training. But eventually, he caught up with me on the last minute and we ended the run together.
After a 10 min break, the next exercise that awaited us was running again!!! But the difference this time was Speed Running. We will have rest after running each round. I have the stamina to carry on, but my legs were giving up. Nevertheless, I tried to pass my limits. The 3rd round was the final round, so I sped all the way, and became the first! Haha, but that is not something to be proud since it was not a competition.
In between the Speed Running Breaks, Alan and I got to mingle with more people, mainly the group of people who are always with "The Famous Running Uncle". However, the sad thing was the mingling only occured within the camp premises. When the training over, and waiting for the bus outside, I recognised one of them. But we became instant strangers, and none of us went to greet each other.
There was also a small Chin-up Training Regime after the Speed Running. Finally, there was one chin-up training. Hui Yong has been wanting chin-up regime and he hopes to have that in every training. Finally, we had one training, but he chose to skip that session unknowingly...
With 3 More Trainings before the last IPPT Re-test. Would I pass it successfully...?
After the usual warm-up, the first exercise was 20 min Endurance Run. I ran slowly initially and picked up as I gained momentum. As I picked up more speed, I spotted "The Famous Running Uncle" (An uncle in his 40s in our batch who enjoys running fast) was running at his usual fast pace. Not wanting him to catch up on me, I kept running faster than usual during training. But eventually, he caught up with me on the last minute and we ended the run together.
After a 10 min break, the next exercise that awaited us was running again!!! But the difference this time was Speed Running. We will have rest after running each round. I have the stamina to carry on, but my legs were giving up. Nevertheless, I tried to pass my limits. The 3rd round was the final round, so I sped all the way, and became the first! Haha, but that is not something to be proud since it was not a competition.
In between the Speed Running Breaks, Alan and I got to mingle with more people, mainly the group of people who are always with "The Famous Running Uncle". However, the sad thing was the mingling only occured within the camp premises. When the training over, and waiting for the bus outside, I recognised one of them. But we became instant strangers, and none of us went to greet each other.
There was also a small Chin-up Training Regime after the Speed Running. Finally, there was one chin-up training. Hui Yong has been wanting chin-up regime and he hopes to have that in every training. Finally, we had one training, but he chose to skip that session unknowingly...
With 3 More Trainings before the last IPPT Re-test. Would I pass it successfully...?
Monday, July 26, 2010
RT Sessions (1-15)
Since 12 June 2010, I have been attending Remedial Training (RT) in Bedok Camp. The training basically is split into 2 phases.
Phase 1 (8 Sessions a Month / 2 Sessions per Week)
In this phase, there is only 6 Trainings in total because the first is only a briefing, and the last session is the IPPT Re-test. In a way, it is actually not enough for us to pass the first Re-test... Those who could not make it through the first re-test, would have to "promote" to Phase 2 automatically unless you defer it.
Phase 2 (12 Sessions a Month / 3 Sessions per Week)
This phase is slightly better as one more session is added, so you will exercise and train more! Another difference is there are 2 IPPT Re-tests in this phase - One on Session 14, and the other on Session 20. The training is also slightly tougher, and I think Bedok Camp should really do those kind of training during phase 1. No wonder so many people could not make it through the first phase...
During the briefing session, I was approached by a guy who commented how lame and boring RT is going to be during the briefing. During the second session, he saw me and approached me again, and introduced himself to me. He called himself, Ash. And the third session onwards, along with his other friend (whom I still don't know what his name is), we sort of became RT partners. He is quite a heavy smoker, so he would disappear during breaks to smoke secretly somewhere. So probably that is the reason he called himself Ash, and not because of the main character in Pokemon...
Out of the 6 trainings, I only remembered seeing him 4 times. And he thought of using some kind of methods to pass the test. The last time I saw the 2 of them was the first IPPT Re-test, which was the last session of phase 1...
During my Phase 1, I also saw 2 familiar faces among the phase 2 people - Joel Lian and David Tng. And so happened, both of them knew each other in RT and became partners. What a small world...
After my Phase 1, the whole batch of us went immediately into Phase 2, except for Ash and his friend. In this phase, I found myself another partner, Hui Yong. This guy has another friend who he knew him during Phase 1 as well, and till now I still don't get his name... The 3 of us became another RT partners. But Hui Yong's friend did not really attended the scheduled trainings, he always go for the makeup trainings. The 2nd Re-test just ended last week, and none of us still can make it through... And all 3 of us are planning the worst scenario. To down PES? or To take IPT? or Just carry on RT next year?
Phase 1 (8 Sessions a Month / 2 Sessions per Week)
In this phase, there is only 6 Trainings in total because the first is only a briefing, and the last session is the IPPT Re-test. In a way, it is actually not enough for us to pass the first Re-test... Those who could not make it through the first re-test, would have to "promote" to Phase 2 automatically unless you defer it.
Phase 2 (12 Sessions a Month / 3 Sessions per Week)
This phase is slightly better as one more session is added, so you will exercise and train more! Another difference is there are 2 IPPT Re-tests in this phase - One on Session 14, and the other on Session 20. The training is also slightly tougher, and I think Bedok Camp should really do those kind of training during phase 1. No wonder so many people could not make it through the first phase...
During the briefing session, I was approached by a guy who commented how lame and boring RT is going to be during the briefing. During the second session, he saw me and approached me again, and introduced himself to me. He called himself, Ash. And the third session onwards, along with his other friend (whom I still don't know what his name is), we sort of became RT partners. He is quite a heavy smoker, so he would disappear during breaks to smoke secretly somewhere. So probably that is the reason he called himself Ash, and not because of the main character in Pokemon...
Out of the 6 trainings, I only remembered seeing him 4 times. And he thought of using some kind of methods to pass the test. The last time I saw the 2 of them was the first IPPT Re-test, which was the last session of phase 1...
During my Phase 1, I also saw 2 familiar faces among the phase 2 people - Joel Lian and David Tng. And so happened, both of them knew each other in RT and became partners. What a small world...
After my Phase 1, the whole batch of us went immediately into Phase 2, except for Ash and his friend. In this phase, I found myself another partner, Hui Yong. This guy has another friend who he knew him during Phase 1 as well, and till now I still don't get his name... The 3 of us became another RT partners. But Hui Yong's friend did not really attended the scheduled trainings, he always go for the makeup trainings. The 2nd Re-test just ended last week, and none of us still can make it through... And all 3 of us are planning the worst scenario. To down PES? or To take IPT? or Just carry on RT next year?
Saturday, July 10, 2010
A Buffet of Crab
I never had a buffet dinner with my family. Thanks to my brother's treat, we finally have this chance. We mentioned the Japanese Buffet in Suntec City, Kushinbo, which triggered my mum's interest. And so, we head down there on Last Thursday and went in at 5.40pm
It is the same Singaporean mentality when you first entered the restaurant - To grab as many plates as possible and never considered whether you can really finish them. The only special thing in the dinner buffet is the Free Flow of Japanese Snow Crabs! So 1 person is charged S$39.90++.
And of course, the crab was our "Main Course!!" I started with a bit of Salad, Fried Finger Food, Tempura, Sushi and Sashimi before chucking one whole plate of Snow Crabs. The crab was really juicy. You can really taste the Japanese Sea!!! The juice oozing out from the shell was salty, but since it was from the Japanese Sea, the salt wasn't bad enough to make you dehydrated.
After the crab feast, it was 8.30pm. By that time, I was already quite full. So I went to have some Chicken Ginseng Porridge and a few spoons of Japanese Fried Rice. My brother wanted to wait and rest before grabbing for desserts. However, I needed to go with the momentum. If I stopped eating, I might just give up later on. But anyway, my brother also couldn't wait for so long, so he went to take 2 full plates of cakes, chocolates, tarts and mochi; while I took 2 cups of Hokkaido Ice Cream. There was one Strawberry Fondue Fountain in the middle of the restaurant. Customers are free to dip the desserts in there. So while taking some food, I have already dipped some Marshmellow and ate them on the spot.
To our disappointment, the other desserts were not really tasty as it seemed. After clearing half a plate, we were reaching our limit and was pushing them to the max. Luckily my mum, who has rested for around 30 minutes, finished up when it left around 1/4 of a plate. I really thought I'm going to throw up when we finally exited the restaurant at 9.20pm. Haha. I think I really went all out to put on weight since I failed my IPPT on Wednesday again.
The next day we did not have any breakfast and just had a little bit of porridge for lunch. However, my brother just got stomach flu this morning. It seemed that the buffet had really upset and weakened his stomach, so virus could attack it. Poor Thing. Hope he recovers fast.
It is the same Singaporean mentality when you first entered the restaurant - To grab as many plates as possible and never considered whether you can really finish them. The only special thing in the dinner buffet is the Free Flow of Japanese Snow Crabs! So 1 person is charged S$39.90++.
And of course, the crab was our "Main Course!!" I started with a bit of Salad, Fried Finger Food, Tempura, Sushi and Sashimi before chucking one whole plate of Snow Crabs. The crab was really juicy. You can really taste the Japanese Sea!!! The juice oozing out from the shell was salty, but since it was from the Japanese Sea, the salt wasn't bad enough to make you dehydrated.
After the crab feast, it was 8.30pm. By that time, I was already quite full. So I went to have some Chicken Ginseng Porridge and a few spoons of Japanese Fried Rice. My brother wanted to wait and rest before grabbing for desserts. However, I needed to go with the momentum. If I stopped eating, I might just give up later on. But anyway, my brother also couldn't wait for so long, so he went to take 2 full plates of cakes, chocolates, tarts and mochi; while I took 2 cups of Hokkaido Ice Cream. There was one Strawberry Fondue Fountain in the middle of the restaurant. Customers are free to dip the desserts in there. So while taking some food, I have already dipped some Marshmellow and ate them on the spot.
To our disappointment, the other desserts were not really tasty as it seemed. After clearing half a plate, we were reaching our limit and was pushing them to the max. Luckily my mum, who has rested for around 30 minutes, finished up when it left around 1/4 of a plate. I really thought I'm going to throw up when we finally exited the restaurant at 9.20pm. Haha. I think I really went all out to put on weight since I failed my IPPT on Wednesday again.
The next day we did not have any breakfast and just had a little bit of porridge for lunch. However, my brother just got stomach flu this morning. It seemed that the buffet had really upset and weakened his stomach, so virus could attack it. Poor Thing. Hope he recovers fast.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Counting Down
Fast. Soon. Immediate.
It's just 1 more month before the brand new annual year starts for NUS students. As expected, nothing much was accomplished. Lazy and procastination just keep bugging me. So far, I have only touched a bit on Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, Japanese 2 Lesson 14, and CS2100 Webcast till Lecture 3. I should be expected to sprint on and try to read as much as possible.
As some of my friends have known, I have already started my RT in Bedok Camp. I have just finished 7 sessions, and will be having my first IPPT Retest on Wednesday. If I can pass, I will be "graduating" from the training. Otherwise, I will need to continue for another 12 sessions...
Organising outing will be out from one of my "hobbies" soon. I have been arrowed for 2 times to organise outing for CSC and VeNoM for this month. I happily sent messages to the CSC guys and I always get 2 or 3 people replying and none from the others. When I sick of waiting for replies, I fixed a date and people then start to message back claiming that they will not be free on that day. Or some still carry on being mute. I know they are busy, but is it so hard to get just one reply? I seriously think I should just let it go. This should be the last and I should not falter again. Should I be expecting the same for VeNoM...?
It's just 1 more month before the brand new annual year starts for NUS students. As expected, nothing much was accomplished. Lazy and procastination just keep bugging me. So far, I have only touched a bit on Adobe Dreamweaver CS4, Japanese 2 Lesson 14, and CS2100 Webcast till Lecture 3. I should be expected to sprint on and try to read as much as possible.
As some of my friends have known, I have already started my RT in Bedok Camp. I have just finished 7 sessions, and will be having my first IPPT Retest on Wednesday. If I can pass, I will be "graduating" from the training. Otherwise, I will need to continue for another 12 sessions...
Organising outing will be out from one of my "hobbies" soon. I have been arrowed for 2 times to organise outing for CSC and VeNoM for this month. I happily sent messages to the CSC guys and I always get 2 or 3 people replying and none from the others. When I sick of waiting for replies, I fixed a date and people then start to message back claiming that they will not be free on that day. Or some still carry on being mute. I know they are busy, but is it so hard to get just one reply? I seriously think I should just let it go. This should be the last and I should not falter again. Should I be expecting the same for VeNoM...?
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